DHS, FCC roles on supply-chain risk mitigation in spotlight at House hearing today

Witnesses at a House subcommittee hearing today on “Telecommunications, Global Competitiveness, and National Security” will urge caution and a nuanced approach to mitigating supply-chain risks, as policymakers have moved to ban products from certain Chinese telecommunications companies from use by federal agencies.

“We need to do this right,” said Clete Johnson in prepared testimony. Johnson served as counsel to the Federal Communications Commission, the Commerce Department and the Senate Intelligence Committee, and is now a partner with Wilkinson Barker...

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